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Travels through American History in the Mid-Atlantic: A Guide for All Ages
Charles W. Mitchell
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Description for Travels through American History in the Mid-Atlantic: A Guide for All Ages
Paperback. This engaging blend of history and travel will appeal to visiting tourists, area residents seeking weekend diversions, history buffs, and armchair travelers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23, 23 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Winner of the Society for American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism 2016 Gold Award in the Guidebook Category Few regions of the United States boast as many historically significant sites as the mid-Atlantic. Travels through American History in the Mid-Atlantic brings to life sixteen easily accessible historical destinations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., the Potomac Valley, and Virginia. Charles W. Mitchell walked these sites, interviewed historians and rangers, and read the letters and diaries of the men and women who witnessed-and at times made-history. He reveals in vivid prose the ways in which war, terrain, weather, and ... Read more
Winner of the Society for American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism 2016 Gold Award in the Guidebook Category Few regions of the United States boast as many historically significant sites as the mid-Atlantic. Travels through American History in the Mid-Atlantic brings to life sixteen easily accessible historical destinations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., the Potomac Valley, and Virginia. Charles W. Mitchell walked these sites, interviewed historians and rangers, and read the letters and diaries of the men and women who witnessed-and at times made-history. He reveals in vivid prose the ways in which war, terrain, weather, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421415147
SKU
V9781421415147
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Charles W. Mitchell
Charles W. Mitchell is the editor of Maryland Voices of the Civil War, also published by Johns Hopkins, winner of the Founders Award from the Museum of the Confederacy. A former travel writer for the Baltimore Sun, he and his wife, Elizabeth Church Mitchell, live in an eighteenth-century stone farmhouse in Parkton, Maryland.
Reviews for Travels through American History in the Mid-Atlantic: A Guide for All Ages
An excellent travel companion for the amateur historian . . . Mitchell's book is a helpful and informative alternative to the standard travel guide. —Lara Westwood, Maryland Historical Society, Maryland Historical Magazine